How to Beat Sleipnir

Sleipnir is a boss that appears during the Evenfall quest in Final Fantasy 16 (FF16). See the best strategies for how to beat Sleipnir, how to counter its attacks and abilities, as well as its location, quest appearance, spoils, and drops.

Sleipnir Overview

Sleipnir Location and Drops

Sleipnir
Quest	Evenfall
Location & Region	The Free Cities of Kanver , The Free Cities of Kanver
Rewards	・5200 EXP ・420 AP ・3500 Gil ・ Wyrrite ・ Meteorite ・ Sanguine Insignia
Abilities	・Scar of Nibelung ・Dead Man's Bier ・Ratatoskr ・Creeping Darkness

How to Beat Sleipnir

Step-by-Step Guide
Parry Sword Attacks Keep Moving to Avoid the Red Shroud Dodge Through Aerial Slashes Focus on Evading During Dead Man's Bier Run In-Between Shockwaves Time Your Dodges During Creeping Darkness

Parry Sword Attacks

Sleipnir's offensive sword skills are easy to follow and predictable as each swing has a slow windup animation before striking you down. Study the timing of each swing, then press the Attack Button (Square) at the same time that he attacks you to parry him. After a successful parry, time slows down, allowing you to unleash your combos and abilities.

Take note that he'll usually teleport first before executing his sequence of attacks, so anticipate that and be ready to ward off his attacks once he appears in front of you.

How to Parry Attacks

Keep Moving to Avoid the Red Shroud

Once you see a red shroud appear at Clive's feet, keep running around as it will explode after a brief amount of time. You'll know that it's about to detonate as soon as a glowing orb appears in the middle of it.

Dodge Through Aerial Slashes

After getting Sleipnir's health down to 70%, he'll start wielding a more powerful sword known as Gungnir. He'll then begin hurling out aerial slashes. You can dodge through these to negate their damage and effects!

Focus on Evading During Dead Man's Bier

Avoid the exploding energy shrouds during the Dead Man's Bier skill by staying clear off of red marks that will appear in several places on the ground. This is followed by dark energy waves that will flow out of Sleipnir which you can simply jump over as they approach you to avoid getting damaged.

Run In-Between Shockwaves

The Scar of Nibelung sees Sleipnir leap towards the air, then slam the ground, sending 5 vertical shockwaves all over the battle zone. You can run through the wide gaps in-between the shockwaves to avoid getting caught in this.

Time Your Dodges During Creeping Darkness

Creeping Darkness is an ability where he'll utilize all his offensive skills and use them in one combo.

He'll summon several orbs around you first which you can dodge through to avoid them. Followed by a dark energy beam that you can easily evade sideways. And finally, he'll teleport to you and attack you with consecutive sword attacks which you can precision dodge or parry then launch a counterattack at him.

Final Fantasy XVI (FF16) Related Guides

List of Bosses and Formidable Foes

All Formidable Foes

All Formidable Foes
Gigas	Morbol	Knight of the Blinding Dawn
Eikon of Fire	Shiva's Dominant	Tiamat
Dragon Aevis	Fafnir	Midnight Raven
Chirada	Suparna and Chirada	Benedikta
Garuda	Knight of the Dying Sun	Iron Giant
Infernal Eikon	Infernal Shadow	Imperial Cannonier
Akashic Dragon	Typhon	Republican War Panther
Akashic Morbol	Flame Lizard	Liquid Flame
Coeurl	Hugo	Undertaker
Titan	White Dragon	Necrophobe
Bahamut	Sleipnir	Barnabas (First Encounter)
Control Node	Aurum Giant	Barnabas (Second Encounter)
Behemoth	Ultima (First Encounter)	Ultimalius